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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition
- Thread starter ClovingWestbrook
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I started playing EFLC on steam and there is non stop texturing floating.
This happens on The Lost and Damned right at the beginning of the game. I have applied this update http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=445395 but there is no luck it is still visible when I play.
Can someone please tell me how to get rid of this?
Here are some pictures of what is occurring...
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198014936925/screenshot/542885770865961837
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198014936925/screenshot/542885770865959956
Many thanks
This happens on The Lost and Damned right at the beginning of the game. I have applied this update http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=445395 but there is no luck it is still visible when I play.
Can someone please tell me how to get rid of this?
Here are some pictures of what is occurring...
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198014936925/screenshot/542885770865961837
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198014936925/screenshot/542885770865959956
Many thanks
LocoMrPollock
Banned
Avyrocky said:
Try updating your drivers? Other than that, don't really know as it seems to be something hardware specific on your end.
LocoMrPollock said:
Thank for the reply. Well I have the latest ATI drivers installed and still the dark lines and floating textures are visible to the eye.
I turned off the Catalyst AI and the floating textures had disappeared however then there was non stop texture pop ups when driving around? It is horrible...
I do not think God wants me to play this game
Who knows. GTAIV is a technical mess. It runs fine on certain hardware setups, but most setups it's so messed up. It's pretty much unplayable on my system. Also the texture pop in is a staple of GTA. Last time I played Vice city, I drove into a fucking invisible car because the car didn't load.
old manatee
Banned
vocab said:
My old pc could run Crysis at medium-high settings at 1680x1050, but couldn't run GTA IV at lowest settings and 800x600. My new pc, which is still pretty middle of the road and uses the same video card, will run it maxed out at like 30fps. I think it's just crazily cpu-intensive.
indigo-cyclops
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Anyone have an thoughts/opinions on HAWX 2?
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/fk90z/steam_support_bans_my_account_for_gifting/
Not sure if already posted but it seems that steam is now banning people who gift across regions with the purpose of paying the lower price, I see it done pretty often here so just wanted to give you all a heads up.
Not sure if already posted but it seems that steam is now banning people who gift across regions with the purpose of paying the lower price, I see it done pretty often here so just wanted to give you all a heads up.
graywolf323
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iam220 said:
well that's complete BS to not even warn for something that isn't part of TOS
he very well might have legal grounds against Steam
graywolf323
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drizzle said:
more so since I saw someone in the comments post an image of a reply he got from Steam Customer Service in regards to him being out of the country they even recommended he get international users to gift him games
Nabs said:
maybe but he does provide some proof
I grantee that if Steam starts enforcing the arbitrary price gouging of identical, digitally distributed items, I will stop purchasing all EA, 2K, THQ, Bethesda and Sega games in their entirety, as well as use other digital / import services for my purchases when available.
Regional pricing is the one thing, the single most important thing Steam has against it, and banning people for purchasing god damn fucking games without paying the fucking nonsensical regional price increases over items that are functionally exactly the fucking game is something that has the highest possibility of completely ruining their service. Trust me, I'm an expert.
Regional pricing is the one thing, the single most important thing Steam has against it, and banning people for purchasing god damn fucking games without paying the fucking nonsensical regional price increases over items that are functionally exactly the fucking game is something that has the highest possibility of completely ruining their service. Trust me, I'm an expert.
This.azentium said:
If it was simply for using the gifting system to avoid paying over the odds for games (yey regional pricing) then I think there would be quite of us here who would be screwed.
No, I think the issue here is someone using a VPN or proxy to buy games restricted in their regions. There is nothing wrong with getting a game gifted, but trying to get around regional restrictions is against the TOS (Even though i strongly disagree with regional pricing/licensing) and will end up in an account suspension.
Even so, looking at the screenshots it looks like the account was unblocked anyway, and looked clear enough to me; Gifting = OK, circumventing regional issues yourself = account death.
But having someone gift you the game and then paying them for it is done all the time, has the same effect as far as I can tell, and is even mentioned above as presumably okay. The "we're going to check your account periodically and make sure you don't try to get a good deal again" thing ranges somewhere between creepy and sad.Stop It said:
Do they really, truly expect that people won't buy gift packs and have friends pay them for the individual items? At any rate, this is going to make me really leery of international gifting in the future, even though it's only occasionally that non-US people get better prices.
Mama Robotnik
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This is some pretty serious shit and could have an effect on GAF. Threadworthy. surely?
He mentioned that he got like 20 games over Christmas, or something, right? So, theoretically, he could live in Australia and not want obscene Australian DD prices.markot said:
Is it "okay" for people to gift as long as they do it occasionally, or only gift and not circumvent the prices themselves? Can we at least agree that it would be nice if Valve made it more clear instead of leaving people to potentially find out the loopholes when suddenly they can't play any games at all (including ones they DID pay normal regional pricing for)?
Diablohead
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More then likely this, else how would you gift a friend a game without falling into random shit.markot said:
I had a game once bought for me because it was $5 in the US and £5 here, when really it should have been £3.99 at the most, poor currency conversions by the game owner.
TouchMyBox
Member
Hopefully valve backs the fuck off of this. Don't become an evil overlord, Valve, If people get that perception of your company, then steam is toast.
TouchMyBox
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Sinatar said:
Well then they'd better remove the gifting feature of limit its use.
Limit the amount of gifts someone can send to five a month and never disable accounts of those who feed you. It would be bullshit, sure. But it's better than fearing the safety of all your games.
Stallion Free
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Yeah I saw this story was on reddit and I immediately doubted it. People are so desperate to believe anything bad about Vlave. CONSPRIACIES MOTHERFUCKER.
I mean I have gifted shitloads of games across territories and didn't get my account locked. Then again, I don't go fucking near Paypal.
I mean I have gifted shitloads of games across territories and didn't get my account locked. Then again, I don't go fucking near Paypal.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Stallion Free said:
I also call BS on this. There is no way for Valve to know whether someone is actually being gifted a game by a friend overseas or if its a transaction between two parties. If they start implementing this and banning folks for it they may as well just do away with gifting all together.
The person could of course be lying, but they didn't say that gifting was an issue. They are suggesting that that gifting and being paid back, in order to get someone a better price from a different region (which I think is common on NeoGAF), was an issue. As pointed out, it would be difficult for Steam to detect this however, and all the proof that is given is that the account will be monitored in the future for regional violations.Stallion Free said:
Your case is different if you're giving pure gifts.
ClovingWestbrook
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Blizzard said:
Again, Valve has no way of knowing though. If they're able to know private exchanges between individuals within Paypal there is a much bigger issue. What I could see is this person marketing himself as a go between if you will. Be it on Craigslist, the Steam forums, or another publicly viewed forum.
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